consultant:
(plural: ‘consultants‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “kon”)
a consultant (L) advising his clients
an expert in a particular field – business, health, education, etc. – who advises others as a profession;
a person who asks somebody else, usually an expert, for some information, guidance, etc.;
a medical officer in a large hospital who does not directly treat a patient but gives advice or guidance to the doctor or surgeon who actually treats the patient,
a consultant (R) explaining things to her client (L)
A consultant gives advice to his clients on certain important matters, depending on the nature of the business, trade or career, to be considered before starting a business or profession, or on how to solve unexpected problems.
There are different kinds of consultants, each one speacilising in a particular field of trade or business: technician consultant, recruitment consultant, career consultant, financial consultant, marketing consultant, health care consultant, image/fashion consultant, and so on.
Some small businesses hire consultants for a specific purpose but some large businesses employ a panel or team of consultants to advise the board of directors or executives on some technical, financial and legal issues of the business.
The consultant physicians usually advise the surgeons not to go for surgery for every cancer patient, and in some cases, the surgeons follow the advice but in most cases they try to argue, and so there will be a discussion between consultants and surgeons until some conclusions are reached.
a consultant physician (L) examining a patient (R)
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